How much Sounders FC do you want?

Interest in the Sounders FC is surging as the team gets ready for its expansion season. We’ve received e-mails and calls from readers asking for more coverage. One caller suggested that the Sounders FC should receive coverage equal to what we gave the Sonics because the Sounders’ season-ticket base is larger than the Sonics’ average attendance at KeyArena. Seems like a dubious argument to me; I disagree that a local MLS team should receive coverage on a par with an NBA team, but I’m curious what you think. What more do you want to know about the Sounders as they get ready to play?

In the meantime, here are some Sounders FC updates:

* Season ticket sales. The club surpassed 19,000 season tickets sold within the past week. Single-game tickets go on sale March 2. Until then, the club is marketing seven-game packages, season tickets and group sales. Capacity at Qwest Field will be 24,500 for MLS matches, but could grow for non-league friendlies.

* Schedule. The non-league schedule has not been completed; the Sounders will have at least three non-MLS games at Qwest this season as part of an 18-game season-ticket package. Those games could include international teams, national teams or some combination. It is not certain if the Sounders FC will play in all three games.

* Roster. Expect a lot of roster churn over the next month, Sounders FC media relations director Frank McDonald said Monday. The club is training this week in Ventura, Calif., with more than 30 players in camp. The final roster will consist of 24 players, and some of those 24 are not yet with the franchise, McDonald said. The Sounders could make trades or sign free agents at any time, though the international transfer window closed Monday.

* SuperSearch winner. Everett barista Vinicius “Vini” Oliveira beat out some 600 contestants for a roster spot in the team’s SuperSearch promotion late Sunday. The Brazilian-born 20-year-old has lived in the Seattle area since 2003. Oliveira, a 5-foot-11, 160-pound forward, attended Lynnwood High as a freshman and then transferred to Sammamish for his final three seasons, helping lead the Totems into the 3A quarterfinals in 2006. He scored 38 goals in two seasons at Bellevue Community College and was named the regional MVP in 2008.